At long last, the Western Conference Finals are finally here. The Vegas Golden Knights played their first game in six days while the Jets were coming off the biggest win of their history just two days ago. The momentum continued for Winnipeg as they got a huge 4-2 win in game one.
The game did not start the way the Golden Knights wanted. Dustin Byfuglien unleashed a howitzer past Marc-Andre Fleury just 55 seconds into the game. But the Jets didn’t stop there.
Winnipeg added two more goals from Patrik Laine on the power play and a controversial goal by Joel Armia.